Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 10pm

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is up for Southwest Virginia as well as Eastern Kentucky and most of West Virginia until 10pm.

A map of the watch is below. Storms are firing up in northern Kentucky and central West Virginia at this time, with a tornado warning actually up for Hurricane and Tornado in West Virginia. Interesting!

I’ve been mentioning on the air today on various stations that severe storms might be possible, and it appears that Southwest Virginia may be the first in our region to get a taste of some gusty, damaging winds, heavy rain, lots of lightning, and maybe some hail as well.

Follow me on Twitter (@wxmc) for quick updates throughout the evening. I’ll have another forecast posted here by 6pm, and if there’s another watch issued for Northeast Tennessee, I’ll post it here when it comes from the Storm Prediction Center. Keep an eye to the sky, and at the very least, get indoors if storms approach!